The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

A pleasant English custom is the
opening of horticultural shows in pub
!ic gardens. While visitors gaze at the
flowers band entertains sightseers
with sweet sounds. Chicago Tribune
The London Daily Nes0s has in.
formed its readers that Buffalo Bill"
is not a wild Indian, as many of them
have supposed, but the Hon. w. F.
Cody in private life, and "member
of the United States Parliament"
One Way of Looking at TT
don't see how the Briggses ever got
along so well as they have. They are
not at all suited to one another"
HIM; perhaps if they had been, they
wouldn't have got along so we'll"
Fear and Imagination produce n.y.
drophobia, according to London ply
stefan. If that is the case it would be
well to assure your dog that all he has
to do after being bitten is to keep a
stiff upper lip and put the curb on his
Imagination.
mo, sir" exclaimed Lawler, as he
closed big book he had been studying
for half an hour, Its just as [ said.
The word pneumonia is an imported
word. 1t isn't in the dictionary. I've
looked all through the Ms. IN y
Herald.
"A Boston eight-year-old was draw
ing pictures at school the other day;
and drew pig. After the work of
art was completed to his satisfaction
the youngster wrote beneath it: This
is a domestic animal; he is called pig
because he is so selfish"
One of the hardest sort of people
was asked to subscribe to some worthy
object. 81 can't" he replied; II must
be just before l lam generous" WELL"
said the one who made the request,
''let me know just before you are gen.
erous, and I'll try you."-zeras Syt-
tnqS.
-Deadwood claims to be the great
est Chinese town in the country. The
Mongols have drowned out opposition
in the washee business; they compete
successfully in the silk, tea and other
lines, run restaurants, raise pigs and
chickens and patronize opium dives and
joss houses. - Chicago Herald.
An average of 10000 yards of hotel
carpets is sold in New York at auction
every season. Some hotels make car
pet last three years, and others pur-
chase new carpets every year. From
these partly-worn carpets second-class
hotels and boarding-houses make a
choice.
Though much less than in the ocean,
the tides in the Mediterranean are
quite noticeable. Along the coast near
the Maritime Alps they range from four
to ten inches. At Gibralter, however,
and in the Gulf of Gabes they rise to
from sixty to eighty inches; at Trieste
to nearly thirty inches; and at Venice
to about twenty inches.
DR.. Livingstone's faithful servant,
Susi, who, with Chuma, brought the
body of their trusted leader half way
across Africa, that it might rest in his
native land, has recently been baptized
by member of the Universities mis-
sion. Susi received the name of David
in baptism, in memory of the noble man
who first taught him what it was to be
a Christian.
The extensive sandy desert known
as the Registrar, in the central part of
Afghanistan, is moving steadily year
by year in northeasterly direction,
and calculations have been made which
indicate that at its present rate of prog
ress it will overwhelm some of the most
fertile and prosperous portions of the
country in the course of few thousand
years. The movement of the sand is
supposed to be caused wholly by the
action of the windy. Y. Ledger.
Fifty years ago, when James and
Israel Adams were eight and thirteen
years old, their parents, who lived in
Shawan, Md, died, and the boys were
separated to live with relatives. The
other day James, who is now business
man in Philadelphia, learned that Israel
was in Pikesville, Md, and he went
there and saw him. The meeting of
the long-separated brothers is said to
have been affecting. Y. Sun.
HE TOOK THE BALLS.